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Mike Seeger

Mike Seeger

Born: 1933-08-15 • New York City, New York

Mike Seeger was an American folk musician and folklorist. He was a distinctive singer and an accomplished musician who mainly played autoharp, banjo, fiddle, dulcimer, guitar, harmonica, mandolin, dobro, jaw harp, and pan pipes. Seeger, a half-brother of Pete Seeger, produced more than 30 documentary recordings, and performed in more than 40 other recordings. He desired to make known the caretakers of culture that inspired and taught him. He was posthumously inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame in 2018.

Filmography
Always Been a Rambler poster
Always Been a Rambler
2020
Pete and Toshi Get a Camera poster
Pete and Toshi Get a Camera
2015
The Winding Stream poster
The Winding Stream
2014 • Self
Banjo Tales poster
Banjo Tales
2012
Give Me the Banjo poster
Give Me the Banjo
2011 • Self
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Old-Time Banjo Styles
2005 • Mike Seeger
Hazel Dickens: It’s Hard to Tell the Singer from the Song poster
Hazel Dickens: It’s Hard to Tell the Singer from the Song
2002 • Self
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Homemade American Music
1980 • self